Due to the onset of frost, Ukrainian troops are facing “difficult” defensive operations in some parts of the eastern front, but the forces in the south continue to conduct offensive actions, said Volodymyr Zelenskyi. The President of Ukraine and his Minister of Defense also welcomed the formation of the Western forces of Kyiv, allies of the “coalition” from 20 countries to strengthen its air defense, which is considered a key element in the fight against Russian forces.

With the approach of winter, the situation at the front in Ukraine is getting more complicatedPhoto: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 638, LIVETEXT:

07:01 During the Soviet period, citizens of the USSR had very limited opportunities to travel abroad, especially to visit the countries of the capitalist bloc.

And one of the fears of the Russians is that it will return to a similar situation, something that is already happening in part after the beginning of the Russian offensive on Ukraine, which made it much more difficult for Russians to travel to the countries of the West.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • Ukrainian troops are facing “difficult” defensive operations on parts of the eastern front as severe winter weather sets in, but forces in the south continue to carry out offensive operations, Zelenskyy said on Wednesday.
  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is again threatening to use the veto to force substantive debate on the EU’s policy towards Ukraine. Orban’s letter is causing a stir in Brussels, as the vast majority of EU countries want to make far-reaching decisions in favor of Ukraine at the summit on December 14 and 15.
  • The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Helsinki said that the Finnish authorities are considering the possibility of closing the four remaining checkpoints, or even the entire border with Russia.
  • Poland’s Minister of Special Services, Stanislaw Zarin, confirmed on Wednesday that Polish authorities have dismantled a network of 16 people who were allegedly spying for Russia and preparing sabotage on the border between Poland and Ukraine.
  • Four Eurofighter jets sent by Germany arrived in Romania on Wednesday to support NATO’s air control mission and will be operational from November 27.
  • Vladimir Putin says that it is necessary to think about how to stop the war in Ukraine. Russia’s president says international leaders must come up with a way to end the war in Ukraine, which is a “tragedy.”
  • Russian actress Polina Menshih died in a suspected HIMARS strike near the front line in Ukraine during an artistic performance for the occupying forces.
  • The Kremlin has said it is maintaining its policy of pardoning prisoners who agree to fight in Ukraine, after Russian media revealed the release of a man convicted of satanic and cannibalistic murders.
  • Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday condemned the so-called “stifling of the Russian language” on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, despite the fact that, as she claims, Moldovans have a “caring and loving” attitude towards Russian culture
  • OPEC+ postponed a ministerial meeting to discuss output cuts as producers struggled to agree on output levels and therefore possible cuts, OPEC+ sources said, a surprise postponement that sent oil prices tumbling.
  • The Czech Republic has proposed to the EU to limit the movement of Russian diplomats in the Schengen area, Prague’s Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Tuesday.
  • “A gift for Putin”: a Czech organization is raising money to send a Black Hawk helicopter to Ukraine.

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  • Wednesday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro